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Dimensional hires institutional sales lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... spent three years at Merrill Lynch's London office and about the same amount of time at Philadelphia's CoreStates Bank. Dimensional's client group head Nathan Krieger welcomed Bjarnason to the team. "Dimensional has a decades-long history ...

ECB cuts rates for second time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
The European Central Bank (ECB) dropped interest rates to 3.5%, the second time it's cut by 0.25% this year. The bank lowered rates on the back of inflation data that met its outlook. It anticipates headline inflation to average 2.5% in 2024, 2.2% in ...

Northern Trust expands fixed income trading capability

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
Northern Trust has launched its Integrated Trading Solutions (ITS) fixed income outsourced trading capability in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. The expanded offering, provided through Northern Trust Securities in Australia, targets fixed income trading ...

Lazard AM brings Japanese equities fund to Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
Lazard Asset Management has launched a Japanese equities fund to local investors. The Lazard Japanese Strategic Equity Fund invests in "undervalued" opportunities in Japanese equities, and aims to achieve a total return that exceeds that of the Tokyo ...

New global chiefs for abrdn, Schroders

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
UK fund managers abrdn and Schroders named their new respective chief executives, both of whom were promoted to the top job. abrdn made Jason Windsor its permanent chief executive after he took the post in an acting capacity in June from Stephen Bird. ...

TradingHub makes Australian debut

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... management, Shayne Ganeson. McNeil boasts over 25 years of experience in fixed income sales at Merrill Lynch, Nomura and Deutsche Bank before joining TradingHub in 2018. Farr was occupied at a senior role in risk management at the ASX and most recently ...

Westpac names new chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... He will succeed Peter King, who is retiring after a five-year stint as chief executive and a total of three decades at the bank. Miller is currently the chief of Westpac's business and wealth division and previously held the same position at the Westpac ...

Court appoints receivers to Keystone, Master Shield Fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... assertion that Keystone be liquidated. Tracy and Palaghia were initially appointed by the court to take control of Shield's bank accounts and provide a report on Shield's financial position in July 2024. In the expanded capacity of receivers ...

AMP hires GM risk, compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... superannuation, investments, platforms, and operations. She was also in senior risk and compliance roles at ANZ and Commonwealth Bank.

RBA lays down the law on interest rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock has doubled down on keeping interest rates on hold for the remainder of this year, despite market expectations for a cut before Christmas. Speaking at the Anika Foundation Fundraising Lunch, Bullock ...